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The trend of higher profits and lower effective taxes has been gaining strength for years, but really picked up after the Great Recession temporarily depressed profits in 2009.

The men around the table are a mix of American-born and more recently arrived, all part of the diaspora that started making New York home in the late 19th century, but really picked up the pace in the 1950s.

Decisions such as Abood contributed to the simultaneous steady rise of public-sector unions not protected under the Wagner Act and the decline of private-sector unions, which began in the 1950s but really picked up steam in the 1970s.

Here's one blog posting off an ESPNBoston.com story Thursday that pretty much sums up the feeling of Celtics fans: "The refs got off to a slow start but really picked it up in the second half to take a 2-0 lead".

"Tickets sales were slow early on but they really picked up after Bahrain and when Lewis started winning.

"She really seems like she's just going to say, 'Hi, nice to meet you.' But what really picked up my interest was reading about how she helped her family get through the Depression".

JibJab first posted the film on their Web site on July 9, but volume really picked up last week after AtomFilms, a unit of the AtomShockwave Corporation, signed a deal with the Spiridellis brothers.

"Ticket sales started sluggishly but have really picked up and we are confident of having full venues every day of the Games," he said.

But Demoff "really picked Jon's brain" about coaching candidates before interviewing McVay and hiring him as Rams coach in January 2017.

He has been selling Rolls Royces in Beverly Hills since he opened his dealership 1997, but business really picked up with the arrival of the current generation of designs, coupled with aggressive marketing tactics that include taking cars to the homes of prospective buyers -- high in the hills, of course.

"But we have really picked up the pace".